William Henry Ireland
William Henry Ireland was born in Cincinnati, OH on 30 March 1840. His family moved to Macon County, Illinois in 1863 and bought an 80 acre farm from George McCool.
William married Maria McCool five years later, on 22 April 1868. William's younger brother Thomas married Maria's younger sister Samantha four months later, on 20 August 1868.
William and Maria had five sons and four daughters:
Louisa Marie Ireland
Eva Ellen Ireland
infant Nellie Elizabeth Ireland
William Mathewson Ireland
Thomas Francis Ireland
Frederick Robert Ireland
infant David Edwin Ireland
Mary Edna Ireland
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